Faucet



March 27, 1928.

W. H. PEADEN FAUCET Filed March 1 1927 a ing the spout showing it forced lnward in dotted lines,

Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

WILLIAM H. PEADEN,

B. R. GRAHAM, BOTH OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR 'IO D. DONNELLY AND or TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

FAUCET.

Application filed. March 14, 1927. Serial No. 175,266.

This invention relates to valves or faucets such as are used for coffee urns, dispenslng receptacles, tanks, and in a large variety of other circumstances.

The general object of the invention is to provide a faucet havinga discharge spout which is normally turned up in an inoperative position but which may be turned so as to discharge downward and provide this spout with an interior valve construction such that when the spout is turned downward, the spout may be longitudinally shifted to openthe valve but thatwhen the spout is turned upward the spout cannot be longitudinally shifted tofopen the valve.

A further object is to provide a leveror handle on the spoutby whichit may be axiallyrotated and by which when the spout is turned to its discharge position, the spout may be longitudinally shifted to open the valve, said handle further affording means whereby the spout may belocked in its inop erative position. a

Another object in this connection is to provide a closure which covers the open end of the spout when the spout is turned upward.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Y Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a faucet constructed in accordance with my invention, the spout being in its inoperative position;

Fig. 2 is a like viewto Figure 1 but showin an inoperative position and Fig. 3 is an end view of the spout.

Referringto these drawingslO designates the body of the valve or faucet which is screw-threadedly engaged or otherwise engaged with the'container or vessel from which the liquid is to be discharged; This body adjacent its inner end is formed with the valve seat 11 having a centrally and outwardly inclined seating face 12. .The body is also provided with a packing ring or gasket 13.

Operating within the outer end of the body is the inner cylindrical end of an an gular spout 14. This spout is rotatable within the body and longitudinally shiftable within the body. The inner end of the spout carries a spider 15 and having screwthreaded engagement with this spider or otherwise engaged therewith is the longi- Carried upon the body 10 is the upwardly projecting bracket orsupporting'meniber 21 havingan offset, longitudinallyextend ing. portion 22. Beyond this portion 22 the bracket extends upward and outward and supports the closure disk or equivalent ele- 1nent23, which is disposed at a slight inclination to the horizontal. The inner face of the offset portion 22 is formedto provide a fulcrum 24 against which the lever 20 may bear when this lever or handle20 has been turned upward and disposed within the offset portion 22. When the handle or lever is turned downward and the discharge end ofthe spout turned upward, the handle may be shifted upon its pivot into a position parallel to the body 10 and into engagement with a hasp 25 through which a padlock may be placed.

It will be seen that with this construc.

tion the spout or discharge end of the faucet is normally turned upward sov that there will be no possible chance of leakage from the spout and that under these circumstances th'e valve 17 is closed. closed not only by the spring 18 but by he pressure of liquid behind the valve. When it is desired to open the faucet, the lever or handle 20 is turned from-a depending position to a raised position until it reaches the oflset portion 22 which constitutes a stop. The discharge end of the faucet is then downward and by shifting the lever 20 in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1, the lever will rock upon the fulcrum 2 1, shifting the discharge portion of the faucet rearward against the action of the spring 18 and opening; the valve. It will be seen that the faucetcannotbe opened unless the lever has been shifted. The faucet cannot be left open-ed accidentally as the spring 18 when pressure is released from the lever,

will cause the closing of the valve 17 and This valve will be held w this will be aided by the pressure behind it. Obviously where the device is to be used for cotl'ee urns or like articles, the parts will be of an ornamental nature and obviously many changes might be made n the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

The closure 23 prevents any dust or dirt from entering the spout 14 and also prevents ants or other insects from crawling into the spout, which often happens in the faucets used for discharging sirup and other sweet liquids. J

It will, of course, be noted that if the spring 18 be attached at one end to the body 10 or the seat 11 and at the other end to the spout, that the torsion of this spring will resist the turning of the spout to its discharge position and will act to yieldingly urge the spout to its inoperative position.

1. A faucet comprising a body having a valve seat and a spout rotatably and longitudinally shift/able within the body and having a valve coacting with the valve seat, and

a spring acting to hold the spout shifted in a direction to cause the closing of the valve, a lever pivotally connected to the spout whereby it may be turned, and a fulcrum member with which the lever coacts when the spout hasbeen turned by the lever to a discharge position.

2. A valve or faucet of the character described including a body, an angular spout rotatively mounted within the body and'longitudinally shiitable therein, a valve seat on the body, a stem extending from the inner end of the spout through the seat and carrying a valve, a spring urging the spout outward and the valve against the seat, a lever pivotally mounted upon thespout for movement parallel to the axis therof, and a member mounted upon the body at the top thereof and extending across the path of movement of the lever and forming a stop for the lever when the outer end of the spout is downward, said stop member being formed to provide a fulcrumagai'nst'whieh the lever may bear to cause the inward movement Qi'the pent an th smilin i' e V l 3. A valve or faucet of the character described including a body, an angular spout rotatively mounted within thebody and longitudinally shiftable therein, a valve seat on the body, a stem extending from the inner end of the spout through the seat and-carrying a valve, a spr ing urging the spout outward and the valve against the seat, a lever p'ivotally mounted upon the spout for movement parallel to the axis thereof, and a member n ou'nted upon the body at the top thereof and extending across the path of movement of the lever and forming a stop for the lever when the outer end of the spout is'downward, said stop member being formed to provide a fulcrum against which the lever inay bear to cause the inward movement of the spout and the opening of the valve, the stop member carrying a closure beneath which the end of the spout is disposed when the spout is turned to its inoperative posit n or .7 4. A faucet comprising a tubular body having a valve sea t'and a spout having an angular discharge end, "the spout 'being lon gitudinally slidable within the body androtatable therein and having a valve rigidly mounted thereonand coacting with the valve seat, a spring acting to hold the spout shift ed in a direction to cause the clos'ing ofthe valve, and manually operable means whereby the spout may be rotated within the body from a position with its angular end extending upward to a position with its, angular end extending downward, said manually operable means in the last named position being operative to permit the spout tobe shifted'longitudinally to thus openthe valve.

In testimony wherof I hereunto affiir my signature.

WILLIAMH- PEADEN- 

